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QUARTERMASTER    GENERAL'S    OFFICE, 

Richmond,  August  24,  1864. 


TheWollowing  instructions,  regulating  applications  for  details,  are  issued 
with.,lhe  approval  of  the  Bureau  of  Conscription,  and  will  be  observed  strictly 
b^y  all  office/a  of  the  Quartermaster's  Department. 

1."*  Th£*Circular  issued  from  thi3  office  July  24th,  1864,  which  directs  that 
all  applications  for  the  detail  of  men  liable  to  military  service  in  the  field 
shall  be  Awarded  to  this  office  for  approval,  is  revoked. 

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^       Agents,  Clerks,  Employees  and  Laborers. 
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2.  Applications  for  the  detail  of  this  cla?s  of  persons,  coming  under  the  8th 
Bectj^n^Mhe  act  of  Congress,  passed  February  17th,  1864,  will  be  made  direct 
to*this  office  and  upon  the  following  form,  prescribed  by  the  Bureau  of  Con" 
scription-JThis  certificate  will  be  employed  only  in  cases  of  urgent  necessity; 
and  caclione  will  be  accompanied  by  a  communication  to  this  office  stating 
such  fa«4«^S  go  to  establish  the  same. 

^  Form. 


The  services  of  ,  employed  by  mo 

as  ,  at  ,  are  indispensable 

in  that  capacity. 

Diligent  efforts  have  been  made  to  obtain  the  services  of  a  person  not  liable  to 
military  service  in  the  field,  and  such  efforts  will  be  continued.    If  successful, 

will  be  reported  promptly  to  the  nearest 
Enrolling  Officer.    A  detail  for  months  is  requested. 

Age  j  height  ;  complexion  }  eyes      ■  ; 

born  in  ;  enrolled  by  ; 

Enrolling  Officer  of  county,  State  of  , 

on  the  day  of  ,186      . 


,  Q.  M. 


Quartermaster  Gihbbal's  Office,  ) 

Richmond,  ,  186    .  J 

I  join  in  the  above  certificate,  and  recommend  detail. 


Quartermatttr  Genial. 


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UOND, 

Respectfully  referred    to  :'pts   for  thff^H|^Wr 

.     Detail  for  moi  . 

By  order  of  Brigadier  General  J>:o.  S.  Pbbston, 

A.  A.  G. 

'  vs. 

3,  Applications  for  the  detail  of  Contractors  will  also  be  forwarded  dii 

to  tl.i  To  secure   the  same,  the  law   requires  tbat  the  head  «••' 

bureau  shall  certify  "that  the  pei  ices  of  said  Contractors  are  indis- 

pensable to  the  execution  of  the  contract."  As  this  certificate  is  more  than 
matter  of  form  and  invoh  ise  of  a   responsible  discretion,   each 

application  must  be  Accompanied  by  su  •  nt  touching  the  dontract — 

its  nature,  extent,  what  it  has  yielded  in  the  past,  and  what  it  promises  to 
yield  in  the  future  j  and  also  what  circumstances  make  the  presence  of  the 
contractor  indispensable,  as  will  lay  a  fair  foundation  for  the  exercise  of  offi- 
cial discretion.  A  copy  of  the  Contract  will  bo- enclosed  with  the  first  appli- 
cation.    The  following  form  will  be  used  : 

Form. 

I  respectfully  apply  for  the  detail,  for  the  period  of  nv  nths,  of 

,  contractor  with  this  Department.    Descrip- 
tive list  as  follows : 

Age  j  height  ;  complexion  ;  eyes  ; 

born  in  ;  enrolled  by  "*  , 

Enrolling  Officer  of  county,  State  of  ^  , 

#on  the  day  of  ,  ISO    . 

I  certify  that  is  under  contract  with  me  ;   that  said 

contract ;  ;  that  T  have  made  diligent  efforts  to  obtain  the  services 

of  a.  person  not  liable  to  military  service  in  the  field,  and  that  the  personal 
services  of  said  are  indispensable  to  the  execution 

thereof  by  reason  of  the  following : 

[Hero  set  forth  as  suggested  ante,] 


And  I  further  certify  that  when  said  shall  fail  faith- 

fully to  proceed  with  the  execution  of  said  contract,  I  will  report  him  to  the 
nearest  Enrolling  Officer  a3  required  by  law. 

,  Q,  m. 


QtTARTER  MASTER   GENERAL'S    OFFTCE,  ) 

y  1 86    .  s 
I  join  in  the  above  certificate    a    I  re< 


rtei  master  General. 

Ticsencs. 

4.  Applications  for  the  detail  of  able  o  in  the  R<  ies  of 

any  .State  will  be  made  di .  wb  i  can  i 

such  cases  as  he  may  deem  proper  to  tl 

for  field  duty  will  be  applied 
ancc  with  section  67,  Genera) 

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5.  The  War  Department  does  I  t  fivor  the  detail  of  a'  men 
attached  to  regiments  or  con  "o  applical  lade 
thcrefoql  except   in  cate  of  par-tit                                                                  II,  and 

a re   indh-p<  i 
the  detail  of  men  so  attached,  1:<  [ding  bertiticai  ility,  can  b 

warded  to  this  office  to  be  transmitted  $o  the  Adjutant  ana  Inspector  Gene- 
ra:. 

Ariizans,  Jtfe?7tanit  Scientific  Skill. 

G.  In  making  application  for  the  detail  of  /  ice,  or  other  per- 

sons of  scientific  skill,  as  distinct  from  <  -,  Sc,  an 

officer  may  enclose  in  one  application  the  names  of  all  Such  persons  employed 
by  him  or  needed  by  him. 

All  Artiz  uns,  Mechanics,   ai.cl  persons  of  j  .  ■  d  by  any 

individual  contractor,  o;-  by  any  contracting  linn   may  likewise  be  em; 
in  one  application. 

The  above  applies  as  well  to  ap]  ■  reo  wal  aa  to  original  details. 

These  consolidated  applications  can  be  forwarded  direct  to  this  office.  The 
following  form  will  be  used  : 

Fcr  m 

For  Detail  of  Artisans,  Meehanica,  and  Person's  of  Scientific  SJciU. 

I  respectfully  request  a  detail  for  months  of  the  men  named 

and  described  in  the  list  below,  employed  bv  me,  (or  employed  by 

,  a  contractor  with  me  in  behalf  if  the  Quartermaster's  Departments) 

I  certify  that  they  are  (or  will  be)  employed  on  necessary  Government 
v.  ork  ;  that  the  particular  <  ch  is  ror:  ectly  stated,  and  that  ho 

is  skilled  therein;   and   that  the  service!  of  each   man    are    '  [ 

further' Certify- that  diligent  efforts  have  teen  made  to  obtain  the   servi 
parties  not  liable  to  military  service  in    lie  field;  that  the  same  will  be  con- 
tinued; and  that,  if  successful,  the  men  now   applied   for    will    be   reported 
to  tb/e  nearest  Enrolling  Officer. 


NAMES. 


Occupation. 


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Age. 


Height. 


-,  Q.  M. 


Other  Details. 

7.  All  other  applications  for  details  will  be  made  directly  to  the  Enrolling 
Officers.  Upon  their  report  the  Conscript  Bureau  will  act,  and  will  grant 
Buch  as  appear  to  be  proper  and  called  for,  and  will  refer  the  remainder  to 
this  office  for  its  approval  or  other  action.  In  these  cases,  the  Quartermaster 
making  the  application  will  adopt  such  form  as  the  Conscript  Officer  may  pre- 
scribe, or,  if  none  such  be  prescribed,  will  adopt  a  form  similar  to  that  set 
forth  in  section  1,  taking  care,  in  either  case,  to  accompany  the  same  with 
such  a  certificate  as  will  show  the  necessity  for  the  detail,  the  time  for  which 
it  is  required,  and  that  diligent  efibrt  has  been  made  to  obtain  the  services  of 
a  person  not  liable  to  military  duty  in  the  field. 


8.  Circular  No.  26,  from  the  Conscript  Bureau,  which  directs  that  no  furlough 
shall  be  allowed  to  parties  pending  their  applications  for  a  detail,  but  that 
they  shall  be  forwarded  immediately  to  Camps  of  Instruction,  has  been 
modified.  Quartermasters  will  note  that,  by  Circular  No.  29  from  the  same 
Bureau,  District  Enrolling  Officers  have  been  empowered  to  grant  furloughs 
not  exceeding  sixty  days  to  parties  while  their  applications  are  pending,  and 
they  will  therefore,  in  cases  that  may  require  it,  address  themselves  to  such 
officers. 

9.  The  attention  of  officers  of  this  Department  is  specially  called  to  the 
contents  of  Circular  No.  8,  from  the  Bureau  of  Conscription,  containing 
general  regulations  on  the  subject  of  details,  together  with  a  copy  of  the  act 
of  Congress  passed  February  17th,  1864,  and  of  General  Order  No.  26,  Adju- 
tant and  Inspector  General's  Office,  governing  the  same  matter. 

10.  Officers  of  this  Department  will  be  careful  to  apply  for  details  only 
when  they  are  absolutely  necessary ;  and  will  return  the  men  to  their  com- 
mands, or  to  Camps  of  Instruction,  as  soon  as  their  services  can  be  dispensed 
with,  and  without  delay  when  they  prove  inefficient.  A  report  will  be  made 
quarterly  to  this  office  in  form  following,  containing  a  list  of  all  the  detailed 
men  in  the  employ  of  each  officer.  They  will  be  classified  according  to  occu- 
pation— as  Clerks,  Shoemakers,  Tailors,  Tanners,  Laborers,  Ac. ;  and  each 
class  for  the  convenience  of  reference,  will  be  arranged  in  alphabetical 
order. 

Detailed  men  in  the  service  of  Contractors  will  be  included  in  this  report, 
the  name  of  the  Contractor  being  noted. 

See  next  page  for  form. 


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